Diagnostic Significance of Fulness in the Ear

Ménière's Disease

“…This symptom complex was first described by Prosper Ménière in 1861, although he may have been describing a disease other than what we now know as MD. We now consider the disease as involving the membranous inner ear, whose symptoms consist of vertigo, hearing loss, tinnitus, and according to some, a sensation of aural fullness in the affected ear (Alfaro, 1959).…”